Hopefully I get this for Christmas, and I'm not sure if I've asked this before. I'm thinking about playing as a Mage for my first playthrough because it seems more tactical and more fun than a Warrior, which I'm considering playing as for a second playthrough. I'll be getting it for the 360 by the way. Is mage a good choice?

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I think Mage in the second playthrough might be better since it's harder. It's funner but more difficult since you're not as resilient as the warrior class. Once you level up and get the good spells things should work out fine though.

" It's strange that the 31 people that viewed this weren't compelled to spend 30 seconds typing a quick answer. "

" @natetodamax said:

" It's strange that the 31 people that viewed this weren't compelled to spend 30 seconds typing a quick answer. "

Or we don't know enough about the game.  "

Playing as a warrior is probably the safest bet.  They are fairly straight forward and pretty much serve one purpose, to cut fools down.   
 
I would play as a warrior and then experiment with the different classes on further playthroughs.

Depends how much you've played classic RPGs before. If you've played a few then mage is an alright choice, while if this is one of the first times you're playing one warrior is definitely the way to go. I don't know much about how the controls work on a 360 but I'd suspect it would be significantly harder to play a mage class than it would be a warrior.

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" @Metal_Gear_Sunny said:

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I started playing this game yesterday and chose to be a Human Rogue. I wanted to be able to open locked doors and chests. I still just fight on the front lines anyway, dual wielding. Tactically i'm not sure what I should be doing with the tools I have. The most i've done is sneak up behind a guy in stealth and attack him, but then generally my guys are too slow to come over so i get a bit of a beatdown before anyone arrives. I'm also too lazy to start trying to figure out how to make traps.

Warrior 

What kind of character do you want to play?
 
Tank? Big beefy guy with a 2 hander? -Play Warrior
Stealthy rogue/Archer? - Rogue
AOE damage/Healing? -Mage

This was my first "hardcore" tactical RPG too, and I rolled mage and loved it, I think they have the most versatility: you can DPS, heal, or go arcane warrior and be a competent tank. Plus there are limited mages (two to be exact) for selection as companions, and one (who comes with great healing abilities off the bat) seems to get pissed and leave easily.
 
Edit: I played on 360 and had no problem playing my mage, just get used the pausing a lot.